I just found a great little Wordpress plugin (via Podcacher Podcast) to display your geocaching stats on a Wordpress blog. You can add a widget in the sidebar (see the left sidebar) or you can use short codes to display you stats (see the bottom half of the About me page).
You can download the plugin from the Wordpress site. If you need help or info about the plugin, see the author’s site.
Two mistakes I made when trying to use this plugin: you need to upload the gpx file, not the zip file and when using the shortcode to insert stats, there must be no spaces between the ‘[‘ and the text.
I set off to do some caching in Abbotsford on Saturday. I had planned on doing 5 caches in the area. The first on my list was ‘Penny Bridge’ (GCYON) and within 15 minutes of parking nearby and walking to the local park, I had the cache container in hand. Oh, that’s after a close encounter with a possum who lives in the same tree as the cache container.
Guardian of the cache
The next planned cache was ‘The Abbotsford Convent’ (GC1MON6) but I got a panicked phone call and had to rush off to a minor emergency.
December’s 12 of 12 is a little bit different to the usual format – it’s a 12 of 12 of 12 of 12. Explained: 12 panoramas of 12 shots on the 12th day of the 12th month.
All photos were taken AND processed on my iPhone hence the blur and poor quality on some of the shots.
On the last weekend of November, I went caching in Heathmont, a suburb of Melbourne. I filmed the whole experience on my iPhone for your viewing pleasure.
I only managed to find one cache in Heathmont because of time constraints and LOADS of muggles, but I grabbed another in Vermont in the afternoon.
November wasn’t a bad caching month for me. I managed to grab 10 caches and attend an event – the WWFM VI!
The WWFM was fun as per usual. 54 teams attended this one which just happened to fall on the same day as the Myer Christmas Parade. Luckily our massive event didn’t interfere too much with theirs although I’m sure more than a few muggles grabbed log sheets without realising what we were up to!
After the event, I headed into the city on my bike to grab some caches that had been placed since my last visit to the CBD. This included an interesting Earthcache! I also cycled out to the Rod Laver Tennis Centre to grab a few caches out that way. I also managed to log 5 different types of cache today! Event, traditional, multi, earthcache and locationless.
WWFM VI
Improbable Fossil Stones Earthcache
ACDC Lane
RSL War Artifacts
On the last weekend of the month I went caching while the family were out Christmas shopping. I have made a short iPhone video of this expedition (to follow shortly).
